Linocuts

These images were carved and hand printed using a reductive linocut printing technique. Multiple carvings are made from a single block for each color in the print. This creates a layering effect similar to traditional Japenese woodblock prints or “mokuhanga”.

Lost and Undecided (Lost Hawk Pinnacle)

oil based ink on paper

Harvest Moon

Akua ink on paper

6 x 9"

2016

Wedding Tree

Reductive Linocut

6x9”

2017

Brooklyn Navy Yard

Akua ink on paper

Cuba Lake

Akua ink on paper

Shoreline

Akua ink on paper

Winter Mountains

Akua ink on paper

Waterfall

Reductive Linocut

2017

"Madame G" Buttress

Akua ink on paper

Blue Abstract

Akua ink on paper

2015

Woodblock Prints

These images are all carved from woodblocks with hand chisels and knives. Mokuhanga is the Japanese method of wood block printing using water based pigments compared to the western style of block printing which uses oil based inks and often a printing press. I use cherry wood for all of the Mokuhanga prints and birch plywood for the larger western style prints. All of these images were hand pressed using a simple barren.

Adirondock Dusk

Mokuhanga

5x5”

2018

Adirondock Sunrise

Mokuhanga

5x5”

2018

Moored Boat in Snow

Woodblock print

Based on the original design by:

Kawase Hasui c. 1930’s

4 x 6”

2018

Transition

Woodblock print

10 x 8 “

2019

Great Dave

Mokuhanga

6x8”

2018

Lake George, NY

Mokuhanga

8x10"

2018

Ben Gravy Bomb Drop

Reductive Woodblock Print

Oil ink on paper

11x9"

2017

Heavy Rain/Sinking Boats

Reductive Woodblock Print

Oil ink on paper

10 x 6"

2017

Imaginary Landscape

Woodblock Print

Oil ink on paper

2017

Collaborations with Jed Henry

Starting in the Fall of 2017, I began to work in collaboration with the talented artist Jed Henry. Jed first designs his images in photoshop. The designs are then transferred to wood blocks for carving. After the carving is complete, I hand print the individual colors to create the finished print, which are sent back to Jed for signing and numbering. Please click the titles of the images for a link to Jed’s Ukiyo-e Heroes website for purchasing.

Works on paper

These small paintings on paper are made with acrylic/water based pigments. I like the intimacy and immediacy of smaller paintings. I can experiment with color and composition at this scale.

Drawings

I use a combination of ink and charcoal for this group of images. I work through most of my ideas with a drawing first. The medium allows me to experiment with texture, depth, and subtle value changes.